IDEAS ABOUT MILK.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 95, 21 March 1938, Page 12

IDEAS ABOUT MILK.

It is unfortunate from the point of view of the calf that there are so many claimants for its rightful food—milk. For infants, invalids and tlm aged mi k has no rival for soothing and nutritive VcllllG i It is best for drinking when warmed, but not boiled, and is tlicn an excellent nerve tonic. _ , Those rare people who find that even this is too heavy for their touchy atgestions will find that a pinch of carbonate of soda added to the milk will render it quite digestible. The creamy taste of cold milk can be preserved even with hot milk if a spoonful of cream is first placed in the tumbler and the hot milk added. Tired or inflamed eyes will he rested and soothed by bathing with warm milk. . r A sore throat, too, is generally relieved by gargling with warm milk. If you mix the whitening for your tennis shoes with a little milk, it will not rub off nearly so readily. To impart a slight stiffness to net or lace, dip it in milk and water and iron damp, through a thin cloth.